A quick, easy way to uninstall an application is to hold down on its icon, and then drag it to the trash can at the bottom of the screen like you would if you were removing a shortcut from your home screen. However, hold the icon over the trash can for a few seconds until "Drop to uninstall" appears.

This will remove the app's icon from your Home screen, but not actually uninstall the app.
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Matt CastoSep 13 '10 at 19:39

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If you hold the icon over the bin for a while , you get a "drop to uninstall" notification , the behavior may have been changed by the manufacturer.
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Ravi VyasSep 13 '10 at 19:42

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@Matt Casto, while you are correct that simply dragging and dropping a home screen icon onto the garbage can will delete the icon from the homescreen, Rohan also stated that if you drag and pause for a few seconds over the trashcan, "drop to uninstall" appears, and will uninstall the application. Which is something I didn't know until he pointed it out. Thanks Rohan!
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mattleSep 13 '10 at 19:44